John Smyth (sculptor)

Smyth's studies of Hibernia, Mercury and Fidelity on the pediment of Dublin's GPO

John Smyth (c. 1773 – 1840) was an Irish sculptor.[1] The son of sculptor Edward Smyth (1749–1812),[2] John Smyth was trained at the Dublin Society's school, and worked with his father at Montgomery Street (now Foley Street) in Dublin.[3][4] One of his first public works was a monument to John Ball in St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin.[5] He assisted his father, Edward, with a number of sculptures at Parliament House (now Bank of Ireland), the King's Inns, and with decorative plaster and stonework at the Chapel Royal of Dublin Castle.[6] He also sculpted the statues of Mercury, Fidelity, and Hibernia for the pediment of the General Post Office, Dublin (c.1814).[3][7] He repaired the equestrian statue of William III (William of Orange) in College Green after it was blown up in 1836.[3] Other pieces by John Smyth were sculpted for Dublin's Richmond Bridge (c.1816; now O'Donovan Rossa Bridge),[6] and several public buildings and churches in the capital.[8] A number of his works are now held by the National Gallery of Ireland.[9] Like his own father, several of John Smyth's own children become sculptors,[1] as did his grandchildren.[10]

References

  1. 1 2 "John Smyth – Bio". Dictionary of Irish Architects. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
  2. ↑ Lee, Sidney, ed. (1898). "Smyth, Edward". Dictionary of National Biography. 53. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
  3. 1 2 3 Walter G. Strickland (1913). A Dictionary of Irish Artists – via Libraryireland.com.
  4. ↑ "The Sculptors – Edward and John Smyth and Their Works". The Dublin Builder. VIII (168): 294. 15 December 1866.
  5. ↑ "St Patrick's Cathedral Dublin". Dictionary of Irish Architects. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
  6. 1 2 "Sculptor John Smyth". Bridges of Dublin. Dublin City Council. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
  7. ↑ "Irish Architecture Online – General Post Office, O'Connell Street, Dublin". Archiseek. Archived from the original on 1 December 2008.
  8. ↑ "John Smyth – Works". Dictionary of Irish Architects. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
  9. ↑ "Online Collection – John Smyth". National Gallery of Ireland. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
  10. ↑ "George Smyth – Bio". Dictionary of Irish Architects. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
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